Why?
Kirby McDaniel
> On Jan 2, 2024, at 11:39 PM, Sean Linkenback wrote:
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> I've seen Buck Jones posters and owned Gloria Swanson posters - I think I'd
> rather have the gaming cartridges if we are looking at them as collectibles.
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> On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 10:29 PM Freeman Fisher
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Kirby
posters are static in value, or worse, declining. it's a small hobby,
younger people don't really care, and much of what more modern audiences
want in posters are too cheap to bother with.
on the other hand, vhs & video games are ascendant & the auctions beat
poster auction totals
the ones that get graded have specific characteristics, with the main
one being "still sealed"
open packages do not have near the same values.
personally made tapes have no value
the right versions of Star Wars for instance sell for $5k-100k, but they
are still sealed. Opened the same tapes
Hi Rich,
I assumed being sealed would be what VHS collectors are after. A number of
tapes I have in storage are still sealed, but I’m sure none of the titles would
be collector-worthy. I was more curious about the titles that are in demand.
Not surprising Star Wars is on the list.
As
Scott the reason some people are buying these is because heritage is
“creating” a market for them.
And people are stupid.
On Wednesday, January 3, 2024, Scott Burns wrote:
> Surely not *all* VHS tapes are gaining in value.
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> If that’s really true perhaps it’s time for me to rethink my
Surely not *all* VHS tapes are gaining in value.
If that’s really true perhaps it’s time for me to rethink my plan to give them
away to some youngster in a VHS Facebook group rather than sitting them out
with the trash. I have boxes of the blasted things, including those that
belonged to
You have to play them in a sealed VHS player.Sent from my iPhoneOn Jan 3, 2024, at 3:49 PM, Alan Heimann wrote:Aren’t VHS tapes magnetic ? Won’t they degrade over time ? Or is it that these sealed copies have value no matter?On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 6:37 PM Michael Greenwood
Peter, I rarely disagree with you, but I disagree with you here.
Heritage did not create this market. VHS tapes were getting a lot of
money before HA ever entered the field.
HA is reactive, not creative. They saw a burgeoning market, and they
joined in to the hobby, because after all - they
but they didn't create the VHS market, not by any measure. they just
jumped on the bandwagon.
On 1/3/2024 5:27 PM, peter contarino wrote:
WATA you talking about Rich. Ha is an extremely creative company.
Peter
On Wednesday, January 3, 2024, Richard Halegua MPB.auction
wrote:
Peter, I
I was being generous using the word “create” Rich. HNY!
On Wednesday, January 3, 2024, Richard Halegua MPB.auction
wrote:
> but they didn't create the VHS market, not by any measure. they just
> jumped on the bandwagon.
> On 1/3/2024 5:27 PM, peter contarino wrote:
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> WATA you talking about
Aren’t VHS tapes magnetic ? Won’t they degrade over time ? Or is it that
these sealed copies have value no matter?
On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 6:37 PM Michael Greenwood
wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> I don't think this is a strictly new trend either as I met a guy from
> Rochester while attending a Toronto
Hi Folks
I don't think this is a strictly new trend either as I met a guy from Rochester
while attending a Toronto concert around 2016 and he and his companion were
avid collectors of VHS tapes back then and I was surprised at some prices he
quoted at that time. That was the first time I had
*1) The final deadline to consign to our all-art print auction that starts
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But let's discuss the utility. I'd rather see a beautiful or even campy poster
on my wall than enshrine a video tape in a box in another box! I suppose I
could genuflect every time I looked at it.
> On Jan 3, 2024, at 7:39 PM, Richard Halegua MPB.auction
> wrote:
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> but they didn't create
At some point during the pandemic shut down here in Florida, which was
relatively early and brief, I threw away all my VHS tapes, which I had
built as a library of some of my favorite films. I did not foresee the
advancement in various formats, much less streaming. At least 60 to 75% of
them were
WATA you talking about Rich. Ha is an extremely creative company.
Peter
On Wednesday, January 3, 2024, Richard Halegua MPB.auction
wrote:
> Peter, I rarely disagree with you, but I disagree with you here.
> Heritage did not create this market. VHS tapes were getting a lot of money
> before HA
Cool - an actual discussion on MoPo instead of more dealer ads.
So to answer Kirby's original question, Freeman was talking about gaming
cartridges as collectibles and compared them to the beauty of a Buck Jones
or Gloria Swanson poster.
There is no doubt that Buck Jones glory days as a
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